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The classified sets of extension publications have given county agents 

 a better knowledge of the available bulletins, with the result that a number 

 of farm bureaus have requested a supply. One farm bureau alone has 

 already asked for 3787 bulletins. In order to call attention to the exten- 

 sion publications, folding charts displaying their covers have been sent at 

 cost of material. Ninety-six charts have been distributed to 29 farm 

 biireaus on request. 



Cooperation with the farmers' institutes and with the New York State 

 Grange has been further developed. Reading-course lessons, selected 

 according to the subjects to be discussed, have been sent to each farmers' 

 institute for distribution. In this way 53,000 lessons have been distrib- 

 uted. Special publication charts have been provided for farmers' institute 

 conductors as well as for extension school instructors. The Master of the 

 State Grange has taken steps to encourage the use of reading-course 

 lessons by subordinate granges. 



The growth of the Reading Course for the Farm has been greater than 

 in any previous year. Eleven farm bureaus sent membership lists to be 

 added to the reading-course mailing list. Fifteen hundred persons regis- 

 tered in the course during Farmers' Week. At the close of the year the 

 mailing list contains 31,000 names. The number of lessons sent out in 

 answer to requests received by mail exceeded 90,000, which is the largest 

 number for any year. At the beginning of the year the mailing list was 

 revised so as to omit the names of persons who had not returned discus- 

 sion papers for three years and to retain those who had. Sixty-two per 

 cent of the persons on the 19 13-14 list had returned discussion papers, 

 thereby registering for a course of reading. The reading course therefore 

 interests practically two-thirds of its mailing list in a course of reading 

 on one or more subjects. 



During the year 123 readers have been actively engaged in the work 

 offered in the advanced reading courses in farm crops, fruit growing, and 

 vegetable gardening. The office has received 429 lesson papers on assigned 

 reading, and 38 reports on practical exercises. These lesson papers and 

 reports were corrected and graded by the departments concerned, and 

 returned to the readers with comments and suggestions. The increasing 

 number of local organizations has interfered in recent years with study 

 club work. Six new Cornell study clubs have been organized during the 

 year, and thirteen clubs organized in previous years have been active. 

 Ten lectures were arranged at study clubs. 



Office of Publication 

 The Office of Publication is charged with the duty of publishing the bulle- 

 tins of the College and the Experiment Station, including their editorial 



